Mike L. Murphy
Murphy (born January 29, 1975, in Los Gatos, California) is an American animation director and animator in film and television.
Mike L. Murphy
- Name
- Mike L.
- Birth Name
- Micheal L.
- Born
- 29 January 1975
- Birthplace
- Los Gatos, California, United States
- Occupation
- Film maker Animation director Animator
- Nationality
- United States
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Murphy (born January 29, 1975, in Los Gatos, California) is an American animation director and animator in film and television.
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Mike L. Murphy (born 1975) is an animator, film director and screenwriter, of American nationality. The animator was born in Los Gatos.
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• Name — Mike L. Murphy • Birth Name — Micheal L. Murphy • Born — 29 January 1975 • Birthplace — Los Gatos, California, United States • Employer — Quality Machining • Occupation — Film maker Animation director Animator
Background
Background
Murphy grew up in Los Gatos, California, and left high school a year early after getting a tour of Walt Disney Feature Animation studios while they were making Aladdin. He subsequently attended California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
Career
Career
Murphy's first film as director was his 2004 Night of the Broccoli, about a man whose dinner vegetables exact a revenge. This was followed by his 2005 film Get Lost, and then by his 2006 film Rose, which premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, and won 1st place for cinematography. His works include the films Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and Iron Man. In 2010 he directed the animated sequences for 20th Century Fox's Diary of a Wimpy Kid. In 2011 he was the director and producer of the Young Storytellers Foundation "Bohemian Dream Party", a charity event to benefit arts education for Los Angeles–based youth. He also redesigned Mrs. Butterworth and directed her animation.
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• Night of the Broccoli (2004) • Get Lost (2005) • Rose (2006)
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- 1.film-festival.org. 10th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival. Rhode Island International Film Festival.
- 2.Brodesser, Claude. Revolution finds Lost: Duo Barker and Murphy to create animated tale. Variety. variety.com. September 14, 2000.
- 3.Angie Jones and Jamie Oliff. Thinking animation: bridging the gap between 2D and CG. Thomson Course Technology. 2007. 978-1-59863-260-6.
- 4.Mike L. Murphy. The New York Times. 2012.
- 5.cgnews.com. Custom Film Effects Transports Diary of a Wimpy Kid. CG News. March 23, 2010.
- 6.Rosenblatt, John. Talk to the Hand. Austin Chronicle. austinchronicle.com. January 11, 2008.
- 7.Allvoices archive. Wimpy kid now a force as a director. San Jose Mercury News. March 22, 2010.
- 8.theHollywoodInterview.blogspot.com. Green Fairies and Stars in Bohemian. The Hollywood Interview. March 14, 2011.
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